… to a satellite phone

Most satellite phones operate on their country code – calls to these satellite phones follow their own call sequence.

… sending a fax

Use the same call sequence.

Calling within the Bahamas (domestic dialing)

There is no trunk prefix (1) or area code (242) used when calling within the Bahamas.

Only the seven-digit phone number is dialed.

seven digits

local phone number

Bahamian phone numbers explained

Number details

The Bahamas’ phone numbers are ten digits (eleven including a leading ‘1’ that acts as a country code for the entire NANP calling region).

The first three digits are ‘242’ – an area (geographic) code to designate the Bahamas’ phone system within the North American Numbering Plan.
The first three digits of the local phone number are an exchange within the Bahamas’ code of ‘242’.

Number explanation

Local example – calling from another location in Nassau

Dial the seven-digit phone number when calling anywhere within the Bahamas. Do not include the trunk prefix/country code ‘1’ or the area code ‘242’ in domestic calls.

328 5800

local phone number within Nassau

International example – calling from the United States, Canada, or another country of the NANP (most of the Caribbean and U.S. territories in the Pacific)

To call within the NANP dial the phone call with the same call sequence as a U.S. or Canadian long distance call.

Dial the combined country code/trunk prefix of ‘1’, then the Bahamas’ area code within the NANP of ‘242’, then the local seven-digit phone number.

1

242

328 5800

long distance trunk prefix

area (geographic) code for the Bahamas

local phone number in Nassau

International example – calling from a country outside of the NANP (the United States, Canada, most of the Caribbean, and U.S. Territories in the Pacific)

To call from a country from outside the NANP, dial the exit code of the country you’re calling from, then the NANP country code/trunk prefix of ‘1’, then the Bahamas’ area code of ‘242’, then the local phone number.